Gutter hanger



M. RACHLIN GUTTER HANGER July 20 1926.

Filed Oct. 26; 1923 INVENTOR I BY %M ATTOR BY;

Patented July 20, 1926.

UNITED STATES MAX RACHLIN, OF' BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GUTTER HANGER.

Application filed October 26, 1923. Serial No. 670,848.

The present invention relates to improve ments in gutter-hangers, thatis to say to devices for supporting roof gutters.

The main object of the invention is to provide a gutter hanger,including a bar extendin transversel of the utter and b .1 t)

provided on one of its ends with a hoolshaped section fitting over thebead of the gutter, a simple and efficient means being provided forefiectively locking the said hook-shaped section in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gutter-hanger of thetype mentioned Which is simple in construction, efiicient in operation,durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or inother words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond thereasonable cost of such a contrivance.

lVith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the

same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of partshereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that manychanges may be made in the size and pro portion of the several parts anddetails of construction within the scope of the appended claim, withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

Two of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of agutterhanger constructed in accordance with the present invention, thegutter being shown in position thereon; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of aportion of the said hanger; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 ofFig. 1; Fig.4 is a top plan view of the said hanger, in its flat state;Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of a modified hanger; and Fig. 6is a front elevation of the modification shown in Fig. 5.

Referring now first to Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, of the drawings, thenumeral 10 indicates a roof gutter, the outer edge of which is providedWith-a bead 11, as usual in constructions of this type, while its inneredge 12, adjacent the Wall of the building, is plain. For supportingthis gutter in proper relation to the roof 13 of the building, there isprovided a plurality of hangers, spaced apart a suitable distance, eachof said hangers including a strap portion 14, which surroundstransversely the gutter, and a bracket 15, attached to the said strapand the roof. The strap 14 is, preferably, made of a single piece ofsheet metal and includes a curved gutter embracing portion 16, having allOOlishaped bend 17 at one of its ends, said bend fittin over the head11 of the gutter and merging into a bar section 18 which extendshorizontally and transversely of the gutter Within the latter. Theopposite end of this bar is bent over the plain edge 12 of the gutter,as shown at 19 in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and is provided with atransverse slot 20 in its bight. Through this slot is extended the freeend 21 of the gutter embracing portion 16 of the strap, and is thencebent downwardly into contact with the rear face of said bent portion, asshown at 22.

In the bent portion 19 of the strap is provided a hole 23, below theplain edge 12 of the gutter, and through this hole is driven a nail 24,or its equivalent, through the gutter and the gutter embracing strapportion 16 into the wall 13 of the structure on which the gutter is tobe positioned, to form an anchor for the gutter.

The bar section 18 is substantially U- shaped in cross-section and isprovided with a longitudinal rib 25, to strengthen the same. he bracket15 is joined with the bar 18 by a rivet 26, or otherwise, it includingan upwardly extending portion 27 and an outwardly extending section 28,which is secured by nails 29, or otherwise, to the roof 13, from whichthe rain water is to be carried off.

Immediately below the hook-shaped bend 17, the gutter embracing portion16 of the strap is transversely ribbed or corrugated, as shown at 30,the lowermost one of the corrugations merging into a longitudinal rib31. The corrugations and the rib are, preferably, formed by stampingoperations.

The straps 14 are furnished to the user as substantially straightstrips, having attached thereto the brackets 15 (Fig. 4). In use, thehook-shaped bend 17 is engaged with the gutter, and the gutter embracingportion 16 bent around the same. After this the bend 19 is formed andthe free end 21 of the gutter embracing portion 16 extended through theslot 20. The outermost end of the portion 21 is then bent against therear face of the bent portion 19 of the bar 18, and

a nail 23 driven through the strap and gut ter into the wall, thebracket being then fastened to the roof. The corrugations 30 and rib 31aid in shaping the hook-shaped section 17 and in maintaining the'same incontact with the bead throughout its length.

' If the said corrugations and rib were absent, thehook-shaped portionof the bar could not be brought to lie throughout its length against thesaid bead. Inasmuch as the rib on the bar 18 extends to the hookshapedsection 17, it aids in properly forming the said hook-shaped section.

The modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, differs fromthat above described in that immediately below the hookshaped outer end17 of the bar 18 is formed, preferably by stamping, a longitudinallyextending rib 82. In other words, the corrugations above referred to areomitted. Otherwise the construction and ing transversely of the gutterand provided 4 at its outer end with a hook-shaped section fitting overthe head of the gutter, the opposite end of said bar being adapted to befixed to the opposite edge of the gutter, a strap member made integralwith said bar forming a continuation of said hook-shaped section tightlyembracing the underface of the gutter and engage-able with the oppositeend of said bar, and a rib formed upon said strap member adjacent saidhook-shaped section.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York, and State of New York,this 23rd day of October, A. D. 1923.

MAX RACHLIN.

